Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.387

Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 144

Material: chart.

Height: 190

Width: 151

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Readcastle (flyleaf i) (Possessor)
  • Roderick McKenzie, a.1673-1677 (flyleaf i) (Possessor)
  • David Laing, saec. XIX.2 (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary in embossed leather on cardboard, with press mark R. MK = Roderick McKenzie(?)</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, rounded, above each of them a platform with a fleur-de-lis, between them a rectangle with letters OAB, beneath a double spiral, above the middle a large bunch of grapes and on top of it a fleur-de-lis (flyleaf ii, pag. 5-11, 85-91, 269, 275, 281, 285).</p> <p> Flyleaf i: This booke pertains to Rorie MKenzie who wes wrytter at this tyme in Edinburgh, in anno 1673 November 3rd. Ex libris Roderici McKenzie 1677; Readcastle

Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 3

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*